VW bus inside Wetlands Preserve, which was used as an environmentally conscious information booth, is now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Christopher Vaughan

It was the 1990s, but at the Wetlands Preserve in TriBeCa, it might as well have been the Summer of Love. The walls were adorned with psychedelic colors and shapes, and a graffiti-painted Volkswagen bus was stationed just inside the door, serving as an information booth about environmental awareness.

Today, the Wetlands' VW is parked inside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a tribute to the club that sparked the careers of Grateful Dead-influenced jam bands like Phish, moe., Disco Biscuits and Blues Traveler. And Peter Shapiro, an owner of the Wetlands, has gone on to open such successful venues ...